Member of Parliament for Mwanza West constituency Joyce Chitsulo has reiterated that education is the engine of ending social ills in the country hence she has devoted most of resources in the education sector by constructing new school blocks and helping the needy with personal money for school fees.
Chitsulo says in rural areas face teachers are grappled with overwhelming challenges that continue to strain the nation's education system with serious implications for future generations which include, non- existing building and motivation.
"These rural areas face additional layer of hardship.Schools are often dilapidated with students and pupils crammed into classrooms without roofs or floors and lacking basic furniture and teaching materials. In some instances student are seen standing while listening to their teacher while teachers make without textbooks.Even the ratio between teacher and student is cumbersome.
"For this reason, I decided to reach out to various organizations and government agencies to help my people with resources to build more decent school blocks and build teacher houses. No teacher will be happy to travel long distances to reach schools, navigating muddy roads during rainy season. I feel for my teachers. But I must also hail government for increasing CDF money to K200 million which has also played a critical role in shaping the education sector in my constituency as teachers remain the backbone of the country's future," said Chitsulo who is also Public Appointment Committee Chairperson of Parliament.
Chitsulo has also built several Community Based Childcare Center (CBCC) buildings with a multiple use – as a pre-school and as a feeding station for children 3-5 years old.
The main inspiration for setting up these CBCCs is to help the most vulnerable children with age of 0 – 5 years. It is undisputed face that children are particularly badly affected by malnourishment: the Malawi Demographic Health Survey (MDHS).
At Kalanga Development School which is under construction, two German volunteers are helping the community in mobilising resources for the school. These two volunteers are Robert Wetzels, bricklayer master, and Simon Schlegel, who is an engineer helping the workers on how to have quick bricks using technology